"He went home and made a joke out of it and said, 'Ha, ha, ha, I got out of jury duty,'" said civil trial lawyer Damien Mallard, who served as the plaintiff's attorney in the case. "To my client, who had $48,000 in medical bills on the line, it was a very big deal to him."

"Freedom is not free," Judge Nancy Donnellan told Jock as he was sentenced Thursday. "It comes with responsibilities and duties, one of the most important of which is to serve as a juror when called."

The judge continued, "You were called, and you thumbed your nose at it."

This isn't the only recent incident where someone wound up in legal hot water for sabotaging his chances of serving on a jury. During jury selection of Casey Anthony's murder trial last year, one potential juror, Jonathan Green, violated the judge's direct order and spoke with reporters during a break.